Targeted Recruitment of Biomedical Engineering Graduate Students: The Influence of Recruitment Event Changes
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New Orleans, Louisiana
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June 26, 2016
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June 26, 2016
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June 29, 2016
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978-0-692-68565-5
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2153-5965
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Graduate Studies
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Diversity
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20
- DOI
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10.18260/p.26013
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https://peer.asee.org/26013
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619
Paper Authors
Brittain Sobey The University of Texas - Austin
Brittain Sobey is the Graduate Program Coordinator for the Department of Biomedical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. She earned her Master of Education from Boston University.
Margo Cousins The University of Texas - Austin
Ms. Cousins oversees undergraduate and graduate academic advising at the Department Biomedical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. She directs the office in strategic academic and professional development advising, capstone projects program, industry partnerships, first-year interest groups, and other special programs.
Mia K. Markey The University of Texas - Austin
Dr. Mia K. Markey is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Engineering Foundation Endowed Faculty Fellow in Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin as well as Adjunct Professor of Imaging Physics at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Markey is a 1994 graduate of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy and has a B.S. in computational biology (1998). Dr. Markey earned her Ph.D. in biomedical engineering (2002), along with a certificate in bioinformatics, from Duke University. Dr. Markey has been recognized for excellence in research and teaching with awards from organizations such as the American Medical Informatics Association, the American Society for Engineering Education, the American Cancer Society, and the Society for Women’s Health Research. She is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and a Senior Member of both the IEEE and the SPIE.
Stephanie Ruth Young M.Ed. The University of Texas - Austin
Stephanie Young is a doctoral student in educational psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research focuses on educational pathways to STEM careers, underrepresented minorities and females in STEM, and psychosocial influences on STEM learning. In her time at the University of Texas, she has worked with the Department of Mathematics and the Department of Biomedical Engineering on undergraduate student education initiatives. She draws on her experiences in technical recruiting and mathematics education to influence her research. Stephanie holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a master's in educational psychology from the University of Texas at Austin.
Abstract
This paper presents progress on an ongoing study of the effectiveness of the University of Texas at Austin’s Biomedical Engineering graduate program’s annual post-admission recruitment event in recruiting students of diverse backgrounds, including students of low SES, URMs, and those from Top 20 undergraduate engineering programs. Applicant, admit, visitor, and enrollee data was collected from 2009-2015. Recruitment event improvements have been made annually since 2012 to better cater to the student populations of interest. The initial results will inform future improvements and initiatives to meet our goal of recruiting the above mentioned target student populations.
Sobey, B., & Cousins, M., & Markey, M. K., & Young, S. R. (2016, June), Targeted Recruitment of Biomedical Engineering Graduate Students: The Influence of Recruitment Event Changes Paper presented at 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana. 10.18260/p.26013
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